Originally Posted by
Duff Man
A USC student, a Middle Eastern, stun gunned in a library with no probable cause:
Denver man sues secret service for arrest after he criticized Cheney on Iraq war
You blow these stories up to be way more than they are to make your point.
In the first story it had nothing to do with the fact he was Middle Eastern and everything to do with the fact he did not have ID (or would not furnish it) did not comply to leave and then resisted leaving.
"This is a longstanding library policy to ensure the safety of students during the late-night hours," Greenstein said. "The CSO made an announcement that he would be checking for university identification. When a person, who was later identified as ... Tabatabainejad, refused to provide any identification, the CSO told him that if he refused to do so, he would have to leave the library.
"Since, after repeated requests, he would neither leave nor show identification, the CSO notified UCPD officers, who responded and asked Tabatabainejad to leave the premises multiple times. He continued to refuse. As the officers attempted to escort him out, he went limp and continued to refuse to cooperate with officers or leave the building.
We can debate whether or not the use of force was appropriate or not but who he was had nothing to do with it, his failure to comply with established rules and then resisting did.
There is not enough information about the original incident in the second story to comment. It is written only on the lawsuit which is based solely on one side of the story.